Microplastics, can be found all around us. They are derived from plastic products such as water bottles, sandblasting materials, and polypropylene clothes. Microbeads are a common form of microplastics. These are generally found in personal hygiene products and are an emerging issue in freshwater systems.

This project will explore the resiliency of Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater bioretention systems in the context of mitigating existing and projected future urban runoff stressors that impact Lake Champlain.

An estimated 40% of the 48 exotic species in Lake Champlain whose invasion route is known arrived via a canal. The goal of this project is to determine the taxon-specific risk posed by the Champlain Canal for transmitting new exotic species into Lake Champlain.

With alewife now established in Lake Champlain, an epilimnetic larval fish predator has been added to the system that can change the seasonal dynamics of young-of-year rainbow smelt by increasing mortality during the summer.

Water chestnut (Trapa natans L.), an annual aquatic plant with floating leaves was first introduced into North America in 1874. This study examined the potential of ultrasound application as an alternative control strategy for water chestnut management.

The effects of 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) lampricide on aquatic macroinvertebrates and periphyton were examined after treatment of a portion of the Boquet River, Essex County, New York, in the fall of 2003.

We studied the movements, home ranges, and foraging behavior of cormorants by attaching radio transmitters to 102 birds during 3 field seasons, 2001-2003, and following foraging flocks, with radioed birds, as they flew circuits among nesting, foraging, and roosting sites.